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| SirPeale:
--- Quote from: WunderCade on June 14, 2008, 04:32:55 pm ---Did you check out the Hammered finish Peale? --- End quote --- Yes, which is why I suggested textured. To each their own. |
| Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Peale on June 14, 2008, 06:58:41 pm --- --- Quote from: WunderCade on June 14, 2008, 04:32:55 pm ---Did you check out the Hammered finish Peale? --- End quote --- Yes, which is why I suggested textured. To each their own. --- End quote --- The hammered finish doesn't look correct. I think the textured, while still not exact, looks better. I painted the front with the textured and will post pictures later. |
| Spyridon:
Cleaned up the coin entry plates. I used a dremmel with a wire brush attachement to remove the rust. Front before and after: Back before and after: After the dremmel work, I polished them with some Brasso cleaner. I also used the dremmel on the bolts that hold these onto the coin door Before and after: |
| Spyridon:
Continuing on with the coin door today. I ended up switching to the textured rustoleum paint. The hammered was too glossy. I didn't redo the back side since it was good enough for the inside of the cab. I did paint the front with the textured paint. Again, not exact to the original, but it looks pretty good. A few days later once everything was dry, it was time to start reassembling the parts. I didn't spend too much time on the interior parts. Most of it was cleaned off with a wet paper towel. The coin shutes were scrubbed with water and dish detergent to get some of the heavy dirt off. Before and after (not a big change but still cleaner) I picked up replacement $.25 inserts from thisoldgame.com. Much improved over the old ones I used a picture of the coin door before I removed everything to make sure I put it back together correctly The lock was purchased from Bob Roberts You can see how shiny the hammered paint looks |
| Spyridon:
One piece that was missing from the coin door was the vibration leaf switch. I wasn't going to worry about it, but I remembered that I had one on a spare coin door that I picked up on eBay. I pulled it from that coin door and installed it. The only thing left on the back side is to connect the vibration switch. I'll do that later when I have the soldering iron out. |
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